Bicycle-stand.



Patented lune I2,v I900.

8. R. BROWN.

BICYCLE STAND.

(Application filed Feb. 21. 1899.

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

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ATTORNEYS No. 65l,649. Patented lune l2, I900.

S. B. BROWN.

BICYCLE STAND.

- (Application filed Feb. 21, 1899.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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' NITED STATES PATENT OFFIC SEDGWIOK R. BROlVN, OF HIGH BRIDGE, NEWJERSEY.

BICYC LE- STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,649, dated June 12,1900.

' Application filed February 21, 1899. Serial No. 706,824. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEDGWIOK R. BROWN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at High Bridge, in the county of Hunterdon and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBicycle-Stands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to secure a firm support for bicyclesand'like vehicles in holding the same in vertical position when the saidvehicle is out of service; to provide a device that can be quickly andeasily folded or closed, so that the legs or supporting braces will notinterfere with the movement of the vehicle and may be quickly loweredinto contact with the ground to support or hold the vehicle erect whilethe rider leaving his machine attends to business or the like; toincrease the neatness of appearance of the device and reduce the numberof garment-catching projections by inclosingall the working parts withinthe device, where they will be concealed from sight, and to secure otheradvantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter inconnection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved bicycle support or holder and inthe arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, allsubstantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced. inthe claim. I Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which likeletters of reference indicate corcorresponding parts in each of theseveral views, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a bicycle to which myimprovement has been applied. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of aportion of the support or holder on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is asideelevation of a portion of the case of said support or holder,showing a longitudinal slot therein. Fig. 4 shows a certain slidingpiece adapted to be arranged within the case and to which legs orstandards are pivoted. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a certain bottompiece of the case.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of abottom plate of the said sliding piece,and Figs. 7 and 8 are sectional views showing means of fastening thesaid sliding piece in the case.

In said drawings, aindicates the outer case of the support or holder,which is tubular in form and is adapted to extend from theapproximately-horizontal bar I) of the frame of the vehicle totheinclined lower bar 0 thereof and be removably clamped or fastenedthereto in any suitable manner. The said casea is of tubular form and oflight metal and is provided at opposite sides with longitudinal slots d,which extend from near the top of the said tubular case to near thebottom thereof.' Within the bottom of said case the same is providedwith a bottom 'piece 6, preferably held in place by screwthreads andremovable from the tubular portion of the case to permit the readywithdrawal of the sliding piece f, hereinafter referred to. The saidbottom piece 6 is provided at its periphery with a series of radialnotches, preferably four, which are isometrically disposed and form,with the tubular case, open passages, through which the legs or braces gextend to engage the ground and hold the vehicle erect. The notches orpassages e' permit of the sliding of the said legs in the folding orclosing operation, the said notches being of a size to hold the saidlegs with firmness and having on the upper side of said bottom pieceinclined walls a Fig. 2, .to permit the sliding and change of angle orinclination due to the sliding operation, as will be hereinafterdescribed.

The top of the tubular case is provided with a cap h, which maybescrewed upon the upper end of said case or be otherwise secured thereon.Alsowithinthesaidtubularcasethesame is provided with the said slidingpiece f, which comprises, preferably, a short tubular section f, at thetop of which is inserted a top plate f adapted to provide a bearing forsot-screws z, and a bottom plate f having on the under side bosses fbetween which the upper ends of the legs are pivoted, as at g, Fig. 2.Said set-screws t of the sliding piece f extend through the slots d, thefinger-flanges t" of said set-screws lying outside of the said case andpermitting the fingers of the operator to bear thereon in the operationof pressing the sliding piece downward in the case in the act oflowering the legs 9 into engagement with the ground or in lifting thesliding piece in the act of folding up the said legs. The said setscrews'i not only serve in facilitating the sliding of the said sliding piece,but also serve as clamp-screws for fixing the said sliding piece f inposition and thus holding the legs firmly in place either in theirraised or lowered position. At the outside of said case a, at or nearthe lower end thereof and at or near the upper end thereof, the same isprovided with.

clamping-clips 7; Z, by means of which the case is held firmly to thevehicle-frame. The said clips are provided with clamp-screws m, by meansof which they are fastened rigidly upon the tubular case and upon thebaror bars of the frame adjacent thereto, the upper pair ofclip-sections fastening the case to the horizontal bar I) of the frameand the lower pair of clip-sections fastening the case to the inclinedbar. The clips are preferably composed of two strap-like sections 7075', one to inclose the bar of the vehicle-frame and the other toinclose the case at. These sections are riveted together in the lowerclip by a pivotal rivet 75 By riveting the clip-sections together by asingle rivet the said sections are permitted a pivotal movement one withrelation to the other, so that they may be adjusted in their relation toone another to permit the case to be fastened to bars of variousinclines.

I may dispense in the upper pair of clipsections with one of the membersof the pair and provide the remaining clip with a headed shank adaptedto enter the case, as shown in Fig. 2.

In operating the device by raising the sliding piece to which the legs 9are attached the said legs are drawn upward into the case,

where they are protected from injury and will not interfere with theoperation of the vehiole. By reversing the movement of the slide,pressing the same downward, the legs are lowered into contact with theground, and because of the relation of the pivots at the upper ends ofthe legs with the walls of the slots at the periphery of the lower endpiece 6 of the case the said legs 9 are caused to spread at their lowerextremities, thus disposing the legs at various inclines or at an angleone to another,- whereby the said vehicle is prevent ed from fallingfrom its proper vertical posi-' tion.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- Thecombination with the slot-ted cylin drical tubular case, and a radiallyslotted or notched bottom piece screwed into said case at the lower endthereof, of a slidingpiece diametrically filling said case and adaptedto slide longitudinally therein with a positive motion, set-screwsprojecting from said sliding piece through the slots of the case, andserving both as finger-pieces for moving the slide and as means forfixing the slide in any position, and legs extending from said slidingpiece downward in the case and lying in the radial slots or notches ofthe bottom piece, said bottom piece serving to hold said legs in properrelative position to one another when drawn into the case and to spreadsaid legs automatically when the sliding piece is forced downward,substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthislSth day of January, 1899.

SEDGWICK R. BROWN. lVitnesses:

CHARLES 11. PE 1L, 0. B. PITNEY.

